I'm 16 living in the United States... and I'm raising bees. I wanted to create this blog to record and share my adventure as well as get and give advice. I'm going onto my second year of raising honey bees and it's going really well. I first got the idea after reading, The Hobbit. I read the scene where they come upon Beorn's flower fields for his bees, and immediately fell in love. Now more than ever we need to support these magnificent creatures. I'm glad to be doing my small part.

My Bees will be arriving tomorrow and I am beyond ready. I can't wait to get my girls situated and start observing!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Sun at last!

So it's been in the 80's these past few days, finally! So I went to the hive to and the girls were fanning away! Their tiny little wings beating so fast they were translucent. And as I am currently reading The Secret Life of Bees I thought this quote was appropriate.

"You would have to hear it yourself to believe the perfect pitch, the harmony parts, how the volume rolled up and down. We had our ears pressed to a giant music box."

They were talking about "bee air conditioning" and it truly is amazing.

I didn't take any pics of my bees but found this one to give you an idea
of what it looked like: them all lined up in perfect rows working together.